erica? >> bill, thanks. and joining us now from lansing, michigan, is michigan republican congressman pete hoekstra, ranking member of the house intelligence committee. sir, good to have you with us this morning. >> thank you. good morning. >> as we just heard from bill, all of these allegations coming out, and we're hearing that apparently there wasn't necessarily a connection, but that's not enough for people. do you believe there could be some sort of a connection between bp, libya and the release of al megrahi? >> well, sure, there is always that possibility, and this is why the government in the uk is going to have to move forward with an investigation. they made a terrible decision a year ago to release this guy. there was no justification for it. there was no rationale for it. this person was part of a scheme that ended up in 270 people being killed. so, there's no rationale. a terrible decision by the government. this government in the uk now has to come back and defend it under these, you know, alle